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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07

There is great deal of old material
yet ID CcNyre :, despite the fact that
many Of tilr states:na,.Ic lGnlnark3 hare
beef roinotci u:r,nS the ! at l'w ,,.rs.
In the senate. Morrill,. of vermont. STANDS
out as tho oldest man. beng years of
age. while his colleague, Edmunds is So.
Payne, of Ohio is also rs years old. but
falls short of Morrill, by seven months.
Dawes, of Massachusetts, is 10, although
he does not look Co. Wade Hampton, of
South Carolina: Evarts, of New York,
and Sawyer, of Wisconsin, have with
stood the blasts of SO winters and the
heat of as many summers. Evarts looks
much the oldest of the trio. Conger, of
Michigan, is spry. but has worn 60 years.
Wilson, of Maryland, and Brown, of
Georgia, are each 50, while Beck, Of
Kentucky, is 81. Pugh of Alabama, is
&c. and Salisbury. the rusty bachelor
from Delaware. is 60, and looks it.
There is no one in the house SO old as
the two oldest senators. Judge Kelley,
the father Of the house, the venerable
Pennsylvania prCtectionist, leads the list.
lie is ~. Bat Edrldge of Michigan. it
is said. is quite as old. Plumb, of
Illinois. is 20, while the directory records
Waite, of Connecticut. at -. which must
be an error. Curtin. of Pennsylvania, is
60. Reagan. the cX-Confclcrate post
master general and treasurer, the pride of
Texas is 6S. as is also Singleton. of Mis-
sissippi. Barbour, of Virginia, GO: ditto
Lind~'ey, of New York Charley o Neil,
of Pennsylvania. is 60; Wad5worth, of
New York. the same. and Geddes. of
Ohio, makes up a good 90. The old men
in the senate seem to be much more aged
in actions than those in the house.
Indianapolis Journal
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07

The shores of the Caspian abound in
naphtha springs extending for miles
under the sea. the imprisoned gases of
this volatile substance often escaping
from assures in its bed and bubbling up
in large volumes to the surface. This
circumstance has given rise to the prac-
tice of ''setting the sea on fire, which
is thus described by a modern traveller:
Hiring a steam barge we put out to
sea. and. after lengthy search, found a
suitable spot Our boat having moved
round to windward. sailor threw a
bundle of burning flax into the sea, when
floods of light dispelled the surrounding
darkness. No fireworks, no illumina-
TONS are to be compared to the sight
that presented itself to our gaze. 1t was
as though the sea trembled convulsively
amid thousands of shooting. dancing
tongues Of flame of prodigious size. Now
they emerged from the water. now they
disappeared. AT one time they scared
aloft and melted away: at another a gust
of wind divided them into bright streaks
of flame. the foaming bubbling pillows
making music to the scene. In COM
pianCe with the wishes of some of the
spectators our barge was steered toward
the flames and passed through the midst
of them. a somewhat dangerous expert
ment, as the barge was employed in the
transport of naphtha and was pretty well
saturated with the fluid. However, we
escaped without accident and gazed for
an hour longer on the unwonted spectacle
of sea on fire. Moscow Nedomosti.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07

There is no doubt that Florida has
made more progress in the last five years
than her most sanguine admirer could
have prophesied. The causes are numer-
Gus, not the least being her natural adj
vantages. We have plenty of lumber,
good harbors and fine soil and climate.
There is more than 81 900, 900 invested in
lE3nAnmer resorts and watering places.
Several sanitariums have been started
with, as far as l have heard, good sue
cess. Alligators? Yes, sir, plenty of
them. Three or four tanneries devoted
solely to the preparation of alligator
skins. Next month opens the hunting
season for the alligator men. You know
just as soon as cold weather comes the
alligator buries himself in the mud,
where he stays until summer. Well,
somehow these men find out the nests of
this gay bird, and having located him
they dig down in the bank at such dis
lance from the waters edge as the ALI
gators head is likely to be. In nine cases
out of ten they hit it. Then they gag
him, bind his front feet and gradually
dig him out, securing him as they go
along. The average price is 81 foot for
alligators, but sometimes they get more.
Jacksonville Cor. Chicago News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07
A Renegade Dog.

The intelligence and sagacity of that
truest friend of mantle dog, have
often been extolled, but Deputy Pound
master Wilmer has a dog who, while ex-
hibiting great sagacity, at the same time
gives evidence of such heartleSs deprav-
ity that he seems living walking evil
dence of the old proverb. Evil COM
munications corrupt good manners"
This dog, which looks like a red Irish
setter, but is claimed to be a shepherd
dog accompanies Wilmer on his dog
catching excursions, and SO thoroughly
understands the wishes and intentions
of his master that whenever Wilmer
points at a dog this wicked beast flies at
it, and if able throws it down and holds
IL till Winners assistant throws his net
over it.
If the dog wanted" is too large to be
thrown down this renegade engages him
in conversation, and if necessary picks
a quarrel with him, distracting his at
tention till the fatal net is thrown. -
Portland Oregonian
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07
Curious Custom In Java.

A curious custom of the natives Of
Java in the neighborhood of the Rromo
volcano is recorded in The Straits Times,
of Singapore. 1t is said that whenever
an eruption takes place the natives, as
soon as the fire the molten lava no
doubt, is meant comes down the noun
tain, kindle at it the wood they use as
fuel for cooking. They keep in the fire
thus made for years, and whenever it
goes out through neglect or for any other
reason, they never kindle it anew from
matches, but they get a light from their
nearest neighbors, whose fire was orig
inally obtained from the volcano. The
fires in use up to the late outburst in the
native cooking places We're all obtained
from the Bromo eruption of 1872
Frank Leslie's.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07
The jolly Sayants,

Among the people who do not appear
to be greatly impressed with the example
of Succi must be reckoned those German
professors and literati who attended the
annual banquet of the scientific societies
recently held at Berlin. The menu COM
prised 200 OK tongues, 700 ducks, 1000
pounds of tillet of veal, l 900 Holsters and
1000 pounds of Rhine salmon. A Bear
naisse sauce, which formed one of the
accessories, required for its composition
200 pounds of butter and 1000 eggs
LIE Figaro.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07
BRAIN MUTlLATlON IN FISH.


Interesting Results OF an Exneriment-
Fict> Which seem to Upset Theories.
VI. Nr,',an ieccntly communicated to
the Frencu aca ieuy the lntere sting re-
suits of an experiment on brain mutila-
ton in a fish. The cerebral lobes were
removed from a carp on March 1S last,
and the fish was under da.ly obsciva-
ton up to Sept 30, when it died from
causes believed by the author to be
wholly unconnected with the brain in
jury. During all this time its move
ments and respirations were normal, not
differing from those of its unin jured fell
lows. In fact. two months after the OPP
Grafton, NJ. Vulpian could not perceive
any difference in its movements and be-
havior from those of healthy fishes.
Its sight was in no wise impaired. 1t
saw and avoided obstacles, and readily
recognized the yellow and white frag-
ments of boiled egg on the bottom of
the aquarium. 1t struggled actively
with its fellows to obtain the small
particles of food thrown into the water,
seeing them from a distance and follow
ing them as they fell. AT the approach
of the one feeding the fishes it would
swim from the opposite side of the
aquarium manifesting no impairment
of intelligence. Its sense of taste was
preserved, as shown by its rejecting
non-alinentary substances accidentally
taken into its mouth. The sense of
smell only was destroyed, owing to the
section of the olfactory processes; other
wise it seemed to retain all the senses,
and the intellectual and instructive fac
ulties of the normal healthy fish.
Upon examination the cerebral lobes
and pineal gland were found to be en-
tirely wanting, but the rest of the brain
was intact. Although nearly six months
had elapsed since the operation there
was no indication of the regeneration of
the lobes. The opening in the Uranium
closed up in about two months, and, had
the fish lived month or two longer, the
author was certain that the walls would
have been wholly ossified. The expert
ment shows that the instinct and the
will-faculties which all higher animals
seem to have located in the cerebrum-
are capacle of their full manifestation in
the fish after its complete ablation. -
Science
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07

A society for promoting physical rec
reation has just been founded in Eng
land by Mr.. Herbert Gladstone, Lord
Charles Beresford and others. An es-
sential part of the work will be to organ
ize drill, marching, calisthenic exercises
and all games that involve activity and
discipline. 1t will provide teachers, and
in winter time will procure halls and
covered places where instruction and
practice may still go on in spite of the
weather.-Chicago Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07

The interpreting of paper is now
most effectually accomplished by a
mixture of so per cent. of rosin, 45 Of
paratfine, and 8 OF sillicate of soda, these
ingredients being thoroughly mingled
by heating them together and by agita-
ton. This composition is found pecu-
liarly applicable for building or sheathing
paper. New York Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07
Great Sources of Wealth.

The silver mines of Mexico extend from
the Sierra Madre in Sonora, near the
northern border, to the gold deposits in
OaXaca, in the extreme south. a con-
tinuous vein traverses no less than seven
teen states and since the day of its
discovery has yielded more than 81 ,000,-
100000. Yet these great sources of
wealth are estimated to be not more
than one per cent of the undeveloped
and undiscovered whole.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07
Average Yield of Milk.

Professor Baldwin, of Dublin, places
the average yield of milk per COW in
England, Ireland, and Scotland at 400
gallons year, and the gross product at
1000, 900 gallons a year. Different ex-
perts have estimated the average capac-
ity of the cows in the United States at
about the same figure, between 5000
and $500 pounds a year.-Chicago
Times
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07
Don't Crop the Hair.

An English physician is of the opinion
that men and women should not crop
their hair short Hair he says, is a con-
ductor of electricity, and when the brain
fails to get a sufficient amount of this
nourishment it will soon soften and grow
weary.-Chicago Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07
NIceyOys Under Victoria.

During the forty-nine years of Queen
Nictoria's reign, seventeen different
viceroys have occupied the vice
regal throne in Dublin castle, some few
of whom-Lord Eglinton. Lord Carlisle,
the duke of Abercorn and Lord Spencer
have reigned twice. Lords Clarendon,
st. Germans and Carlisle received visits
from the sovereign. kansas City Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07
Petroleum for Weeds.

An amateur gardener has found that
petroleum poured into the crown of
such plants as dandelions, thistles,
and plantains will kill them, but in rid
ding "A lawn of these deep rooted weeds
care must be taken not to flood the grass
with the oil. New York Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07
A Good Mucilage.

A mucilage very convenient for any
household experiments may be had by
putting half an ounce or SO of glue into
a bottle and covering it with good cider
vinegar; the addition of some alcohol
will preserve it any length of time.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07

Jailer-Helloa, fellow, I've seen you
here three or four times.
Prisoner-Well, what of that. I've
seen you here just as often.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07

King Theebaw's state chariot has
lately been exhibited in London. 1t is
of the pattern used in Europe 100 years
ago, and it is literally coated with sheet
gold, inlaid with bits of glass. Within
there is room for only one person. Chi
cago Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07

Emerson was immensely practical.
His imitators should remmeber that he
never thought SO much of the over soul
as to forget the over shoe.-Boston
Record.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07

A single man who has health and
brains and can't find livelihood in the
world doesn't deserve to stay there
Pendennis.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07

Julia Ward Howe says that while
some of the best newspaper work is done
by women, so, also, is some of the mean
est.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07

Thin plates of metal in the backs of
books are a now London notion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07

About three tons of yarn are used
every year in the manufacture of base
balls.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07

There are 104 men in San Francisco,
Cal, who are worth over $1,000, 600
each.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07

The kingdom of Bavaria is said to
have 4,500 hook and-ladder companies
and $50, 900 fremen.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-07

Little bedpost bells rung by electricity
are now used to waken sluggards in Bel
GUM.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-16
THO Science Of }F%nnot;S,n.

Tie Science Of hApu.ii,a, not long ago
sneer'''l 1T ard ignored by medical men,
| has secured at E!>i ;'!l ): astonishing recoes-
| hlt'nn from 1h"n. ''h" medical thinkers
or FRANCE arc hnW considering, it as one
q! ,hr,r n!,}~i ,oIiNhir 1j}:.i:ls of prOlucipo
results 'int ars nl1l 81 he reach of Their
ordinary :'''e,iir~. i'h"N lately made in
Phl'!> " ''un''',r nf very successful cxucri.
mcnl> Hi"n shi!'rrn ir,.n the house Of
refuge. some ul WHOM, were, supposed to
he 'cl;''En''N lat. They were hypno1
izrd. nn' While in his condition 1hcy
We're rnr''ned /" obey their teachers, to
study, I" keep themselves clean and to
stop sWearin:, and lying, habits which t),
refuge Wnr''p,,> i;,I r~scrtt.l could not, W.
:''And"nt'! ~ their 'rpr;.Ir,! charges.
Vie lhiiutiirr Of Tee hNrllnlis.n |asted
Tor months. aud the boys that had been
lhil'''pc'" ""r" 'i'Hn-:ri ui,rD.; that time
from 'rn'lht%"nr' prisoners 10 DuDi,s
OF most exemplary conduct. Dnc OF tho
boys Wh"W ny pnn'iE'u !,":! been u leader
among his cumInllrn> IN I'LL sorts Of M,
rlly and immoral br,s., ,i' The clnn.y>,
III him was >n radical after ..,r !i,rrotis,,
that it iri.slntEr,l both himself and his
c"lI"'hl"l!S, and I!;.,n- reasoned a,wu,
his conversion ho ;!H-''I".ri> refused 10
submit - the 'H'>:t',ii" ~ ~.+ ;;ulin when
the p!'y.lcian~ wanted CA, p,'I llccyurri-
men. :lE>irinn ir ','un~ Drlnocryt
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-16
UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY.
'tTHE OVERLAND ROUTE ~
The Only Line Carrying the United States
Overland Mail.

Commencing Sunday, Dec. !, baggage
will be checked through from eastern points
to Pacific Coast, and through slcepers run
ON al! trains between Council Bluffs. Oma
ha, San Francisco and Los Angeles; also
between Kansas City ana Ogden on THE
OVERLAND FLYER sa'1ng one div to al.
California and Oregon points, running
rom Missouri Ri> cr t. the Pacific Coast
m II hours. Elegant Pullman Palace Ga,
Sleepers and modern dav coaches on All
through trains Eating nouses under >u.
pervision OF the company ana meals fur
nished by Pacific Hote; Company. unsur.
passed. In complying wtl, the wish Of
our patrons, night trains between Omaha,
Council Bluffs and Kansas CITY have been
changed to- day trains Chair cars to
Beatrice free of charge. Third class pas
sengcrs carried ON regular through train.
running, free family s!cepers.
TO accommodate increased suburban
business extra cars are attached to 6:,o a.
M. and s:,1 p. III. trains between Omaha
and South Omaha to carry packing ho,,, e
employees For further information ad.
dress
s. TEEEEr>,
f'f".2si FnssAce, n2i IH,&t1. tyca.
OMAHA. NEE.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-16
N0TeIOD.

:. ;. LAND OFFICE, HELENA. Mont, Dec !. s..
Cc;np.a',i: having been entered at th.s un,c. by
frang r. Bradley against Hiclrt Glenn ,n, f,i,ur..
70 comply with law to Desert l:n:rv No. ,iol
west t.uar."r sec,ian l. and cns, hall no,.tnr,.,
quarter section -. lr. -, south range west IN
h,avcIhyad County. Aon,an,, with i view ,n the
cancellation OF said entry; tontcstn, alleging tha,
inc claimant never a. time plowed rr nut any
uitches upon sad lane: and III inner con.
Quoted water upon tn. same; that sad land is
desert land ant wholly unclaimed.
Now, therefore the said parties are .1rr>l,y SUM
mone'l tnappcar ut this office the roth ,,nv ", Ian.
nary. lsSs at 10 O'Clock r,, tn respond and fur.
n'sh testimony concerning said :!.ae,! failure,
SAID test :,nony to We taken before H. r. Melton
Probate Judge, :t Dillon, the 9th day Of January.
So w.. $. W. I.ANofioRNt, Rewister.
Toh u. Smith, Atty tor >,;ntrst:,n,.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-16
NOTICE FOR FINAL PROOF.

LAND ofFict AT HELENA, NJ. T., Nn>. =, 1857.
NOTICE is hereby given that III, to,,ov,rf. NAM
~ cd settler has filed notice ,i his intention to
make final proof in support o: his claim. and that
said proof will be made before ne II. X. Melton,
Probate Judge, Bcavcrhc:,d C"nn,v, ii. r., at D,l'
Ion, Mont. on
Dec. 10. 1887, viz: Samuel NJ. Skelton,
who made ureemption n $ No. 40, for the VIZ
MEX: seq SEA and Me-. NWt; Sec. ~ Tp.
!, SKl5 W.
IL: names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon ard cultivation Of, said
land. VIZ: james D. Fox, Albert w. Brvn,tiel
Henj.'Ein =. 1lamhy and John w. Wright all Of
Wisdom. Mont.
+o-td S. w. LANGliORNE. Register.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-16
Notice for Final Proof.

LAND Ot;1cE at Helena, Mont, Nnv. =, 1887.
Notice is hereby given IT, It the t,,ll.,,; :N,,n,d set
tier has filed motto. of iis intention make final
rro,i in support of his claim and liza. said proof
viii hc made before II. II. Melton, l1oir,,c .d4v of
3c.Ncrhead county, NJ. T., 1T Dli,n:i. Mont. on
Dec. :ith, 1887, viz: .john Nenger,
who made l'rcc,np,ion l.e!ara,ory statement No.
1,s' Tor the WI METZ and IL NWA Sec. Il, rr.
4SRi5W.
lie names the following WITNESSES 10 prov, his
continues residence upon, and cal,i> alton of said
lan.i. viz: John IL. E'rcrick, Ir:in W. Wright
Matthias Waldhcrr and Marlin i.:,h. Ill Of WIS
dom, Montan'.
i,-,l =. Y. '.A>s-ti,ynNs. Register.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-16
eATHTUBS ON WHEELS.
Paris Luxury Suggested for Introduce
ton Into New York.


'"Talking about new enterprises spring.
ing up here said Il gentleman to u re-,
porter. 'why there are thousands OF
schemes yet untred that ynn will I've hear
ing Of some time. Now there is the Pa
risian bath. for instance Do you know
how the Pars':ns pursue the practice
said to he next to gndliness:''
Having received the reporters a,lmis-
SION Of Innocence as TO the subject, the
gentleman continue.l: swell, to begin
with, exceedingly few houses in Paris.
except the big hotels have bathrooms.
You might conclude from this statement
that the parisians are not particularly
fond OF bathing. Blu, they are, and now
will tell You how they do it. We will
suppose you are IL Partisan living COM
fortahly in suite. Moreover we will
suppose you take IL morning bath every
day i'll the year Now all that is necessary
ior YOU to 10 is to leave your order ut a
bathing establishment and u man win
come at the specified l,onr with "a
shining. roony tub and deposit II.
near Your bed. Then he will bring
IN copper cylinder-sllaped oven contain.
ing what they call II peignoir. which l..
thus kept warm until you put it on after
stepping ont Of the tub. The n,;,n covers,
the bottom and sides Of the tub with u
sheet, and then fills the tub with water
OF the proper Temperature, which he
brings with him in his cart, II peculiar
looking vehicle, by the way, resembling
about as much rs anything Il gaylv
painted ublong boiler on wheels. Having
thus prepared the bath, he adds one finish
ing stroke to it by dropping into the.
stcaming water a considerable quantity Of
bathing powder, which serves as skin
tonic, and at the same time emits Il lovely
perfume, suggesting reSinous otlors Of the
woods. The man now withtlr.ws for an
hour and leaves You to enjoy your de-
ncious ablutions.
"lOu emerge from the hat in half an
hour feeling like an entirely new man.
1t seems AZ though the rNhiluratng per
fumc Of the water has entered vour very
soul You step lightly ont OF the tub and
slip on the warm peignoir as though II
We're Il linen dGstcr, which it slightly re-
sciablcs, and 10y means OF which you ,lo
not get to shivrri,g while sou are ,ryin.
yourself.
That is he way the l'arSiaus h.tllc.
This Kind OF bath costs three francs ca
cents in Paris. In New York it should
! not cost more than half that sum.
think it Il very good system tn introduce.
in this city, and | haze, had SOME idea
myself nf starting an establishment of
the ki'h. ii possesses superior a,lvan-
.'"r> f." the people who do not live in
t!''''>'s Wl,rre there are bathrooms And
the hrui'inH! Mnr'it> of this powder
| stirred III the water are u great thing in
addition to the fragrant, quality il i'm
! parts. And then ;Nnthrr advantage is
| that Ii" tub is brought to yn, and every
! Thing j. prepared. Yoi, can step out of
| bed IL th" i"rlnin% into your tub and have
II splendid scrub before dressing For the
reasons have mentioned | am s,nguine
that the l'riSan style of bathing would
prove very popular in New York New
! York Evening World.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-16
Notice For Final Proof.

LAND OFFICE Ar HELENA, NJ T.. Nov o. 1857.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following nan,
~ cd settler has filed notice of his intention tn
i.'ahc final proof in support cf his claim, and
that said proof will be made before til. Clerk OF
thc District Court in and for i'ea>cri,.ad County,
NJ. r., at Dillon, Mont, on
Dec. ~, 1887, viz: William r. Kirkwoo.,.
sho made prcenption y. $. No. s.4,. for the y,
NWl-t and lots and I See. s, TIP 10 5 low.
lie na'ncs the following witnesses To prove his
Ian VIZ. Ar. lr, nI ans, "a WI i;n %, n,'
James Davidson. David r. Hein',:lrd and James
Sclwav, of Dillon, NJ T.
lo.td $. ". LIASGlIORNE, Register.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-16
Notice for Final Proof.

LAND OFFICE At HELENA. NJ. T., No>. :, 1857.
NOTICE Is hereby given that the following nam
ed settler has filed notice Of his intention TO
make hnal proof in support Of his claim and that
saia proof VIII he made before Henry X. Melton,
probate Judge, at Dillon. NJ. r., on
Dec. 10, 1887, viz: James ID. Fox.
who made preelnption D. S. No. 7,so, for the east,
halt southeast quarter: northwt quarter southeast
quarter section 20, southwest quarter southwest,
quarter sec. Is tp. 4 X INV.
Nc names the following witnesses to ,,rovc his
continuous residence. upon and cult. :ion OF said
land. VIZ: Samuel NJ. Skeu,., Albert W. Hru,,-
iel,, henJl'nn +. Ha'nly and John W, Wright. all
t'-td S. w. LANGllORNH Register.